Cassandra is 3! We spent the day celebrating in laidback, Kodanko style. I made the kids a big breakfast, and then spent a couple of hours finishing up reading my book to Javi. He loved the fast paced conclusion and I really enjoyed reading it him and watching how he followed along with the story! […]

Today was a busy day of sorting and cleaning, cooking up delicious food, and lots of writing and brainstorming for our new book idea! I made a new batch of carnitas, and I’m really happy with the way I’ve been nailing this recipe. It’s all I ever want to eat anymore! Also, you can’t really

Keilana decided she wanted to learn how to do laundry! So I spent a while this morning teaching her how to sort out the clothes, load the washer, and put in the proper amount of detergent and everything. Later on we switched it over to the dryer, and she was super excited to learn a

Saturday: On Saturday we spent the morning and early afternoon working on projects around the house! It was nice enough for the kids to play outside, and Lover and I stayed busy all morning working on finishing trim, painting walls and little details that needed to be 100% wrapped up from our various home projects.

(Day 44) Last night I spent several hours working on my book, and when I woke up this morning, I had the end in sight. Lover handled breakfast and supervising the kids doing chores and school so that I could write for a couple more hours. And – I finished the book! I’m super excited

(Day 43) I made Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal this morning, or, as the kids call it, my Deliciousness. I added raisins this time and Declan was not a fan. They entertained and helped me while we prepared it in the morning, and then helped me make Ginger Molasses Cookies to go with the meal we

(Day 36-42): It suddenly got very hard to find the time to focus on these recaps. Mostly because life felt long and boring and very hard! But, the end of stay at home is this Friday evening, and we are looking forward to a few more freedoms in the upcoming weeks! Thursday: Declan finished his

(Day 35): The kids have been enjoying a remote music class with “Makin’ Music Carolina” for the last few weeks. They watched one of those this morning, and Keilana worked on some arts and crafts. While we talked to Lover’s parents this morning, the girls all painted their nails. Cassandra did a really good job

(Day 34) Spring fever is still hitting us hard over here. No one wants to do sit down work. So instead we worked on some of the assignments from the kids Friday school – which are mostly fun videos from their music and science classes. They had several different songs learning about beats and notes

(Day 33): Monday ended up being a pretty low key day. I did some devotional time in the morning and worked on a list of ways I’ve seen God bless and extend kindness to us in the last six weeks. It’s not exhaustive but it was encouraging to go through and just reflect on the